A heavy snowfall blanketed the field during most of the first half of the game and after a Pitt touchdown in the second quarter, students started pelting the mascot with snowball despite being told to stop.According to The Associated Press, a school spokesman says the mascot also was told to stop throwing snowballs in the stands and pushed a security guard, knocking both of them to the ground. The mascot was detained and cited.He was replaced in the second half.VIDEO EXTRA: Cincinnati Bearcats' mascot in a tussle.It's the second mascot gone-wild incident in Ohio this season. On Sept. 18, the Ohio University Bobcat mascot sought out and tackled Brutus, the Ohio State mascot during the pregame.VIDEO EXTRA II: The Ohio vs. Ohio State mascot brawlThe Cincinnati mascot was detained by police Saturday and cited with disorderly conduct after a snow-balling incident during the Bearcats' game against Pittsburgh.

A heavy snowfall blanketed the field during most of the first half of the game and after a Pitt touchdown in the second quarter, students started pelting the mascot with snowball despite being told to stop.According to The Associated Press, a school spokesman says the mascot also was told to stop throwing snowballs in the stands and pushed a security guard, knocking both of them to the ground. The mascot was detained and cited.He was replaced in the second half.VIDEO EXTRA: Cincinnati Bearcats' mascot in a tussle.It's the second mascot gone-wild incident in Ohio this season. On Sept. 18, the Ohio University Bobcat mascot sought out and tackled Brutus, the Ohio State mascot during the pregame.VIDEO EXTRA II: The Ohio vs. Ohio State mascot brawl